Flower Pot Coral Help

[gmford1979]

i just started putting corals in my tank. i had my lfs test my water, and they said its good. i have the lights for coral. everything that i have in there is doing really good. well i recently bought a Flower Pot coral. i put it in my tank about 2 days ago. it has been doing really good until today. a snail was on it yesterday and ever since, it hasn't really come out.
my lights have been on for about 4 hours now, and only about 10 out of around 150 heads have come out. and they aren't out very far. the one's that aren't out are very far.
can someone tell me what a flower pot likes? every site has something different. my lfs said medium water, medium light. some web sites say strong water current, some say medium, some say low.
what is the best placement for this coral?
any advice is greatly appriciated

 

[teen]

just some fyi, flower pots usually dont live long in captivity.
what type of lighting and do you have any clown fish?

 

[demartini]

first off they should only be put in well established tanks. It's really hit or miss with flower pots. I have an Alveopora (same family) Mine lasted about a month....Now it is bleached really bad.

 

[gmford1979]

i have no clowns, and i have 2 white vho, and 2 blue vho. i'm not sure of all the numbers on them. hopefully it will do good.
any other advice??
and DeMartini, i had seen a few pics of your tank on here about 2 weeks ago. are they still on here?? i was trying to show a friend your tank yesterday and couldn't find them. its awesome

 

[mudplayerx]

I had two flowerpots. Both were originally infected with parasites that would steadily eat 1 to 2 polyps per night. I combatted this by using super glue gel, which eventually worked.
Despite near perfect water conditions and daily spot feeding they perished after about 5 - 6 months. One closed up and stayed that way for about a month before it deteriorated. The other one had a problem where the flesh was steadily receding back on the skeleton (this one I gave away because it upsets me to kill a coral).
Due to the extremely high lack of success with this coral in captivity, I recommend that you return it for store credit. If you decide to keep it, best of luck. They like intense light, medium flow, and do best with daily spot feeding of zooplankton and very finely chopped seafood (1mm or less).

 

[30-xtra high]

personally... i wouldn't try to keep a coral Demartini couldn't keep., never had any experience with flower pots... but they sound hard, so i'll just forget about'm.

 

[dejaco]

Okay, I asked Acrylic51 about it awhile back and purchased a green/tan gonipora about 3 months ago. Mine has more than double in size in 3 months.
I believe it's all in the stock you choose or get via mail order. Some come in good and others not. Mine is directly under a 250 watt MH 10,000 K buld.
Base about 16 inches down and tops of tentacles about 6 inches below surface. Everything I have read says it will get it's nutrition via photosythesis and absorbing compounds from the water. So I do not spot feed it. It and an elegance coral are my most eye catching corals as of now.
I really believe that arrival condition of all saltwater creatures predetermines their in aquarium survival. Good husbandry of course is second. Which means research before you buy.

 

[jhebi]

Originally Posted by DeJaCo
Okay, I asked Acrylic51 about it awhile back and purchased a green/tan gonipora about 3 months ago. Mine has more than double in size in 3 months.
I believe it's all in the stock you choose or get via mail order. Some come in good and others not. Mine is directly under a 250 watt MH 10,000 K buld.
Base about 16 inches down and tops of tentacles about 6 inches below surface. Everything I have read says it will get it's nutrition via photosythesis and absorbing compounds from the water. So I do not spot feed it. It and an elegance coral are my most eye catching corals as of now.
I really believe that arrival condition of all saltwater creatures predetermines their in aquarium survival. Good husbandry of course is second. Which means research before you buy.
can we see the pics of your flower pot and elegance?

 

[dejaco]

No laughing, but soon, trying to learn to use new camera, I just vieo'd my tank and learned to play it back. Now have just found out to take stills I have to get a card instead of dvd. Us oldsters are slow on these technicle things. Then I suppose I will have to learn how to post a pic in here too!

 

[jhebi]

cool.....photobucket, you can upload pics and videos there....

 

[dejaco]

again no laughing, is photobucket like a program I need or what? As soon as my kids figure this thing out they usually teach Dad! Isn't that what children are for - teaching us, making us think strongly about birth control, making us poor, and making us relive our own childhoods!

 

[sweet_pea]

I agree with with the rest,flower pots are not a good choice for any tank,established or other wise. %

 

[gmford1979]

well tomorrow i am going to move it up in my tank and see if that will help. hopefully it will. i'll let you know

 

[sweet_pea]

Good luck,hope everything goes well.

 

[demartini]

Originally Posted by 30-xtra high
personally... i wouldn't try to keep a coral Demartini couldn't keep., never had any experience with flower pots... but they sound hard, so i'll just forget about'm.
well, my LFS told me that the alveopora MIGHT be ok if I place it on the top of my tank, but that didn't work... I will have metal halides very soon... I hope they make it.

 

[demartini]

Originally Posted by gmford1979
i have no clowns, and i have 2 white vho, and 2 blue vho. i'm not sure of all the numbers on them. hopefully it will do good.
any other advice??
and DeMartini, i had seen a few pics of your tank on here about 2 weeks ago. are they still on here?? i was trying to show a friend your tank yesterday and couldn't find them. its awesome
thanks, here's the link to my thread. My tank has a changed a bit, so i will update later

https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/226080/demartinis-14g-biocube/140

 

[gmford1979]

Thanks for the link. when i get home from work, i am going to move it closer to the top and see if he gets a little bit happier. i hope so, flower pots are too pretty.

 

[promisetbg]

I have 4 goniopora & 1 alveopora. The green goni {Stokesi} which is most commonly sold is the most difficult to keep. Usually lasting 12-18 months. To keep other types different lighting is needed for each. Flow should be moderate. Never touch the living tissue, hold at the base. Set on the substrate, on a flat rock so that the substrate does not touch it. Feed directly, but gently ,with small micron food such as DT's oyster eggs, crushed cyclop-eeze, newly hatched brine shrimp, rotifers...
Here's a pic of the purple & alveopora..I also have red & pink.
The purple is just regaining it's color after the move.

 

[mudplayerx]

I think the problem with flowerpots in captivity is that their native environment is water with tons of particulate matter floating around (water you can barely see through). The odd part is that this water has low/no nitrate conditions.
Not only is this impracticle to duplicate in a tank, we go to great extremes to avoid the particulates.

 

[acrylic51]

I've been able to keep them easily 1yr and they seem to poof for real no apparent reason.......It's not a coral high on my list I would search out to keep though.....I have a maintenance customer that's had hers over 2 years, but her tank seems to be an odd ball.....